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The 2015 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit will be held in Metro Manila because it is the only place that can accommodate 10,000 people, said Undersecretary Laura del Rosario of the Department of Foreign Affairs. “APEC is the Wedding of the Century” and everybody wants to attend, said Del Rosario, who also chairs the Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) this year. Classes and work in most government offices, as well as most commercial flights to and […]
MANILA, Dec. 4 — The 2015 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, to be hosted by the Philippines, will seek to inspire greater confidence that, through the pursuit of the Bogor Goals, APEC member economies could build a vibrant and inclusive future for all. “As the clamor for progress that leaves no one behind resounds the world over, the Philippines has the opportunity to set a global example of inclusivity this year,” President Benigno S. Aquino […]
ILOILO CITY, Dec. 3 (PIA6) — The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to be hosted by the Philippines in 2015 will focus on building inclusive economies to build a better world. In a press briefing during the Climate Change Summit held Tuesday at the Iloilo Grand Hotel, Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio “Sonny” B. Coloma Jr. said that President Benigno S. Aquino III has chosen “Building Inclusive Economies and Building a Better World” as the […]
MAKATI, Dec. 1 — The Philippines will launch Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2015 today,(December 1 to buoy up local businesses to explore and initiate opportunities based on lined up activities for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) next year. “While the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has lined up several activities as the country chairs APEC in 2015 and hosts the 23rd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, we aim to spur greater private sector participation and generate […]
The Philippines formally accepted the chairmanship of the APEC 2015, wherein the country will host the summit next year.
